Steady blowing is really steady bag pressure, and your arm is the constant. Your arm should apply the same pressure the whole time you play, including while you're blowing in — releasing it during the blow and pressing down while you breathe creates pressure spikes and drops.
Steady pressure is invisible, which is why it's so hard to learn by feel alone. You can't see bag pressure fluctuations, and your ears are unreliable too, especially in a band with 10-20 other musicians playing loudly around you.
Use your high A to find your exact target pressure. High A has the narrowest pressure window of any note — under pressure it sounds crowy, over pressure it sounds thin and chirpy, and at exactly the right pressure it produces a resonant sound no other note can match.
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Your Pipes Will Never Stay In Tune Until You Fix This One Thing: It Is More Than Just Steady Blowing
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